Buying a chinese laser cutter

[diegope]

I'm looking for a laser cutter to set up a small business, came across Temei, a chinese brand. I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with them.

I'm quite hesitant on buying a chinese machine but would be keen if I find the right value for money balance.

Anybody could recommend an affordable reliable brand?

Many thanks.

[Ken_Shea]

Just purchased from XYZ-Tech, they were and have been very attentive to questions, shipped on time, steel tube reinforced top and bottom shipping crate, can't speak to the reliability as yet, just got it and it is not even inside as yet. It is well assembled with clean wiring.

The leveling pads were damaged in shipment and they immediately shipped replacements.

My sales lady was iris [at] xyz-tech.com no spaces insert @

[ellalaser]

suggest you consider after-sales service besides price... lots of Chinese laser machines manufacturers in the market, however small company's hardware, software, after-sales maintenance, upgrade etc can not compete with big ones. I work in Golden Laser, one of the three listed manufacturers in China, we mainly provide medium and small power laser solutions for customers world wide. You can contact me by mail or instant chat, i would love to provide more informations to you.

[diegope]

many thanks for your answer ken. good to know that assembly is clean and solid. we're aware of the bad handling during shipment, but i guess it is a just a matter of luck.. i'd be very grateful if u let me know how the first test runs go. i'm thinking of buying very soon. i found a couple of reviews on xyz and they seemed ok so it is now on my list. which modeld did you get? i'm thinking on exlas 1280.

ellalaser, i checked golden laser's website, the laser cutter published exceeds our needs. do you have anything smaller?

[Ken_Shea]

I purchased the EXLAS 1410, just about chose the 1280 but wanted the extra margin of laser operating distance.
One very good thing about the 1280 is you can remove the base, tilt it on edge and it will fit through a man door, the 1410 you cannot. This has been a cause of delay since where I want to put it there is no door large enough and the front of the building will have to be cut open then covered again. It is not an entire loss as I needed and wanted to replace the entrance door anyway.

In what ever watt tube or laser manufacturer you decide I would opt for the RECI laser tube, from what I have read they last much longer and the actual cost per hour is much less.
Also be sure and ask for the latest Leetro MPC6535 motion controller.

My plan is to have it inside by next Tuesday and a few days to set it up and give it a test.

Ken

[ellalaser]

ellalaser, i checked golden laser's website, the laser cutter published exceeds our needs. do you have anything smaller?
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may i know what materials you want to cut? how many watt you intent to buy? estimate working area?
my company develop&sell full set of laser machines(machine, optional equipment, softwares), not only sell, but also provide most suitable laser processing solutions for customers. if you are interested in, kindly provide above informations to me, i can see if we get proper models to you.

[DavenUK]

Have a look at HPC Laser here in the UK - the 3020 is a good bit of kit to start with but they also do larger machines and have a good support forum.

Cheers

Dave

[aventgps]

Hello forum, i am writting from Venezuela, we got our machine from Wuhan Gn laser company ¸ßÄܼ¤¹â

We have the 120 x 90 100 watts machine, and we are really happy with the support, the work quality and workmanship of the machine...

The only thing i have done to the machine is to clean the mirrors, the lens and we added limit switches to the x and y axis........

[aventgps]

Hello forum, i am writting from Venezuela, we got our machine from Wuhan Gn laser company ¸ßÄܼ¤¹â

We have the 120 x 90 100 watts machine, and we are really happy with the support, the work quality and workmanship of the machine...

The only thing i have done to the machine is to clean the mirrors, the lens and we added limit switches to the x and y axis........

[diegope]

hi all

we received our exlas 1280 in good condition. everything has been working smoothly for a couple of months... very happy with it... highly recommended!

d

[gweikelaser]

Originally Posted by diegope hi all we received our exlas 1280 in good condition. everything has been working smoothly for a couple of months... very happy with it... highly recommended! d

Diwgope,
Glad to know you get your good condition 1280,hope it also work better and if any install or other technical problem,please feel free to contact us

Best Wishes
Lucy Lee
G.WEIKE LASER
han@wklaser.com
laser engraving machine?laser cutting machine?cutting plotter at G.WeiKe